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"A Hollywood commissioner is calling for a federal inquiry into whether the Broward School District discriminates against low-income children by keeping them out of two Montessori magnet schools."

"The Senate has approved the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which sets new nutritional standards... It would also expand the number of low-income children eligible for free or reduced-priced school meals"

"'If the program goes away, I will lose everything,' she said Tuesday, while she and others visited lawmakers in hopes of winning a last-minute reprieve. 'I won't be able to work, I won't be able to afford day care, I don't have family support here, and I'll lose my home. Connie is my support.'"

"'Children of the privileged are being educated to interrogate reality,' Kozol said at the Council for Children's Rights annual meeting. 'Children of poverty are being educated to spit up regurgitated answers.'"

"The federal "Promise Grants" are an anti-poverty and education-reform initiative in one, an approach many experts applaud but also say is expensive, with goals that are difficult to achieve."

"`It's a bold vision, but the kind of vision you need to have to make the impacts you want on the age-old achievement gap and poverty,' said John Barros, Dudley Street's executive director and a Boston School Committee member."

"Of the many sobering statistics included in the series, here's one that stands out: Every major school district in San Luis Obispo County has seen the number of homeless children in its district rise dramatically over the past couple of years."

"Seniors with low income and limited resources can access an updated comprehensive listing of federal, state and local programs by visiting the National Council on Aging's site..."

"The Mustard Seed Spin began with the simple idea of raising money for homeless kids. But benefits continue to reveal themselves. Now in its sixth year, the charity ride has raised $90,000 for Mustard Seed School, which educates homeless children."

"Faced with the challenge of assembling 146,000 school supply kits for low-income California students, an Oakland nonprofit has enlisted the help of Folsom State Prison inmates."

"Patricia Reid is not in her 70s, an age when many Americans continue to work. She is not even in her 60s. She is just 57. But four years after losing her job she cannot, in her darkest moments, escape a nagging thought: she may never work again."

"And that's sending home educators like Maltzman to Women, Infants and Children offices and the health department to find qualified clients, who can include low-income families and children with disabilities."